Well, you told TSM to delete ALL your tapes out of volhistory, so it
did!
Software can be pesky like that.  Your tapes became eligible as scratch
when you did that.

What you should be doing is DELETE VOLHIST TYPE=blah TODATE=TODAY-90 and
specifying WHICH tapes you want to delete, not just "ALL".

Create a script called DELVOLHIST:

DELETE VOLHIST TYPE=STGNEW TODATE=TODAY-90 
DELETE VOLHIST TYPE=STGREUSE TODATE=TODAY-90
DELETE VOLHIST TYPE=STGDELETE TODATE=TODAY-90
etc.

Then your daily admin command can be "RUN DELVOLHIST".

Another thing you can do:

If you create EXPORT tapes to save "forever", check them OUT of your
library and put them on a shelf.
Even if someone deletes the volhistory accidentally, EXPORT tapes are
still readable as long as they haven't been written over.

Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Levi, Ralph
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 7:36 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Exports and Volhist


I am running TSM 5.1.9 on AIX 5.2  and did some EXPORT NODEs to save
some important data "forever".  When I went to retrieve it 5 months
later it was gone.  The tapes were overwritten.  No info was in volhist
either.  I run:     DELETE VOLHIST TYPE=ALL TODATE=TODAY-90   to keep
the volume history manageable.  Should I be doing this?  Does anyone
have an answer for me on how the EXPORT data was deleted and also some
recommendations ?  Any insite would be appreciated.  

Thanks and have a nice day.

Ralph